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* [[Guliaeva-Fedorenko_Video_(2025)|Ekaterina Guliaeva & Sergei Fedorenko]], aerial straps (2025) | * [[Guliaeva-Fedorenko_Video_(2025)|Ekaterina Guliaeva & Sergei Fedorenko]], aerial straps (2025) | ||
* [[Fratellini_Video_(1931)|The Fratellinis]], clowns (1931) | * [[Fratellini_Video_(1931)|The Fratellinis]], clowns (1931) | ||
* [[Dede_Larible_Video_(2025)|Dede Larible]], juggler (2025) | * [[Dede_Larible_Video_(2025)|Dede Larible]], juggler (2025) | ||
* [[Duo_Dobritch_Video_(1973)|Duo Dobritch]], perch-pole balancing (1973) | * [[Duo_Dobritch_Video_(1973)|Duo Dobritch]], perch-pole balancing (1973) | ||
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In The Spotlight
ADI ENDERS
Adi Enders (1935-2025) was born Adolf Hermann Enders on April 16, 1935 in Köln (Cologne), Germany, to an old family of circus equestrians. His parents were Hugo Enders (1899-1952), a jockeyClassic equestrian act in which the participants ride standing in various attitudes on a galoping horse, perform various jumps while on the horse, and from the ground to the horse, and perform classic horse-vaulting exercises. and horse trainer, and Alma von der Gathen (1905-1944). Adi had five siblings: Rudolf, known as Rudi or "Männe" (February 22, 1927 - April 5, 2004, Aachen), who became an animal trainer; Jean, known as "Schengel" (April 9, 1929, Alsdorf - March 3, 2004, Breinig) who became a clown under the name of Pipo; Willi (1932 - December 6, 1988); and Jakob, known as Jacomo or Jacky (May 8, 1938 Neustadt an der Weinstraße - November 24, 1994) who became a jockeyClassic equestrian act in which the participants ride standing in various attitudes on a galoping horse, perform various jumps while on the horse, and from the ground to the horse, and perform classic horse-vaulting exercises., but would also be known for his plate-spinning act, and as a clownGeneric term for all clowns and augustes. '''Specific:''' In Europe, the elegant, whiteface character who plays the role of the straight man to the Auguste in a clown team.; and his sister, Medi (born February 19, 1928).
Adi and Jakob Enders grew up in the family of their aunt, Maria Althoff, née von der Gathen (1908-1999), who was Alma’s sister and was married to the circus director and animal trainer Adolf Althoff (1913-1998). Adi was trained in acrobatics by Mohamed "Momo" Saharaoui Faroki, who was a member of the Ben Mohamed Troupe, a Morrocan tumbling act, and by his uncle Adolf, who took care of his education in equestrian arts and animal training.
In the 1950's and 1960's, Adi Enders was considered one of the world’s finest jockeys. He and his brother Jakob performed for many years their jockeyClassic equestrian act in which the participants ride standing in various attitudes on a galoping horse, perform various jumps while on the horse, and from the ground to the horse, and perform classic horse-vaulting exercises. act as Gebrüder Enders (The Enders Brothers), or sometimes as Enders Reitertruppe. (When they toured in 1956 with CCircus Scott-Williams, they were billed as Williams Reitertruppe.) They had various partners over the years, among whom Carla Barlay (who married François Bronett, later Director of Cirkus Scott) and GGünther Gebel. For a long time, they also had for partner Claus Lehnert, who would later become Circus Krone’s operations manager.... (more...)
New Essays and Biographies
- Virginie Kenebel, equestrienneA female equestrian, or horse trainer, horse presenter, or acrobat on horseback.
- Chongqing Acrobatic Troupe, History
- Cirkus Verdensteater, Oslo Circus Building
- Eddie Murillo, Circus Agent and Producer
- The Biasini Family, Circus Owners, Artists
New Videos
- Les Coudoux, contortionists/hand-to-handAn acrobatic act in which one or more acrobats do hand-balancing in the hands of an under-stander. balancing (1973)
- Ekaterina Guliaeva & Sergei Fedorenko, aerial strapsPair of fabric or leather straps used as an apparatus for an aerial strap act. (2025)
- The Fratellinis, clowns (1931)
- Dede Larible, juggler (2025)
- Duo Dobritch, perch-poleLong perch held vertically on a performer's shoulder or forehead, on the top of which an acrobat executes various balancing figures. balancing (1973)
New Oral Histories
- Dominique Jando interview by the Circus Historical Society (2025)
- Evelyn & André Interview on Blikk TV (2015)
- For A Moment You Fly, The First Season of The Big Apple Circus (1977)
- Vladimir Durov Documentary on Russian Television (c.2000)
- Dolly Jacobs Interview at The Ringling (2018)
Circopedia Books
- Philip Astley & The Horsemen who invented the Circus, by Dominique Jando (2018)
A Message from the Founder
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- Dominique Jando
- Founder and Curator
